Relationship between Night Shifts and Risk of Breast Cancer among Nurses: A Systematic Review.
Javier Fagundo-RiveraJuan Gómez SalgadoJuan Jesús García-IglesiasCarlos Gómez-SalgadoSelena Camacho-MartínCarlos Ruiz-FrutosPublished in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (2020)
The different studies of this review show significant associations between breast cancer and prolonged rotating night shifts. Similarly, there is a relationship between the alterations in certain circadian rhythm markers (such as melatonin), epigenetic markers (such as telomeres), and breast cancer that would require more studies in order to corroborate these findings.